Multiple-wound-roll stationery and method of using same



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MULTIPLE WOUND ROLL STATIONERY AND METHOD OF USING SAME Filed Sept. 30,1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Mar, 24, 1931 uurreo SATES PATE'T orricr.

ALPHONSE E. IMB'US, CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

UNITED AUTOGRAPHIC ILLINOIS REGISTER 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF MULTIPLE-WOUND-ROLL STATIONERY AND METHOD OF USING SAMEApplication filed September 30, 1924. SeriaI No. 740,869.

This invention relates most particularly to a form of stationery whichis to be used in such machines as manifolding typewriters. I have shownthe stationery which embodies the features of my invention as havingbeen applied to a typewriter of the type in which the entire typewriterbody and operating mechanism moves with relation to the platen when theapparatus is operated, as well as havingshown it as applied to atypewriter of the type in which the platen carriage moves relatively tothe body and other operating portions.

In the forms of multiple copy stationery which have heretofore beenemployed, such as the commonly used many roll type, the fan fold or thesuperfold type, many objections are encountered. In the form in whichmany rolls are employed each roll containing but one web or sheet, thework imposed upon a relatively delicate and easily operated mechanism,such as a typewriter, is too much because each roll .has to receive apull in order to unwind it, such a pull on each roll occurringsimultaneously with that on each of the others. Another objection liesin the 1ncreased labor involved in having to load many single woundrolls, each roll involv ng .a separate and duplicate operation. ThlSobjection is further increased by reason .of the more elaborate andbulky mechanism which is necessary to accommodate the many separatesingle wound rolls. Further ob ection to the single wound roll form ofstationery is that the sidewise shifting of the separate webs isquitemarked and results in I transverse misalignment of the forms printedthereon. Additional objection is found to the single wound form of rollstationery because the smaller sizes ofroll will producea veryobjectionable tendency of the indlvidual sheets to curl. Increasedobjection may also be experienced in the single wound form of rollstationery because of the tendency of the several superposed sheets tocling to each other, thus rendering the operation of aligning theseveral forms diiiicult, this tendency being created by reason of thenecessity of having to bring a tension to bear upon each 59 web in orderto unwind its individual supply 'many copies, will not impose excessiveconroll sufficiently, thus causing the superposed webs to be pressed ordrawn closely together. As objections to the fan and superfold styles ofstationery may be mentioned the poor stacking which is accomplished bysuch forms. In addition to the instability thus created, the spaces leftat the folds permit dust and light to enter at the edges of the webs,thus soiling as well as rotting the paper. 1 Another objection is thatwind may readily 50 play havoc with the usual folded style of stationeryby displacing it from the stack. Further objection to the folded styleis the formation of creases which frequently catch in portions of theapparatus and become torn, B5

'or which, because of such creases, result in destruction of carbonpaper. Additional objection is found in fan fold-stationery because ofthe necessity ofhaving to use wide sheets in the preparation of suchstationery. In all wide sheets of paper there is considerable stretch atthe edges and frequently one edge is longer than the other, thusthrowing the sheet out of alignment in the printing press. This producespoor alignment of printed forms when the fan fold is made.

With these many objections in mind it will become much more apparent asto the features of novelty involved in the invention I have disclosedherein.

An object of my invention is to produce a form of roll stationery formanifolding typewriters, billing machines and the like, in' whichseveral superposed duplicate form printed webs are embodied in a novelmanner in a unitary bundle which will permit of the accomplishment ofaligning operations with the greatest of ease and simplicity. I

A further object is to produce a form of stationery which whileafiordingthe use of ditions of strain upon either the operator or themachine in its handling and use.

A further-object is to produce a form of roll stationery which willpermit of the use of the simplest of apparatus in its attachment to themachine with which the stationery is to be used.

A further object is to produce a form of roll stationery in which amaterial savingof 10o stationery and carbon paper is effected throughthe elimination of all chance of waste.

These and other objects are attained in the form of roll stationerydescribed in the following specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the typewriter of the type in which thebody and o erating mechanism is mounted so as toe relatively movable tothe platen, with improved roll stationery embodying the multiple woundfeatures of my invention, in position for use therewith.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a detail of'the apparatus employed forusing my improved stationery.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective View of features of the apparatus Iemploy in using my improved stationery.

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating certain features of the manner of using myimproved stationery.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view. of a typewriter of the type in which theplaten is movable relatively to the body and operating mechanism, withimproved roll stationery embodying the multiple wound features of myinvention in position for use therewith.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a detail of the apparatus employed forusing my improved stationery.

Fig. 7 is a fragmental perspective view of features of the apparatus Iemploy in using my improved stationery.

Fig. 8 is a view illustrating certain features of the manner of using myimproved stationery.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another way in which the multiple woundroll may be supported relatively to a typewriter using this style ofstationery.

Fig. 10 is a fragmental side elevation of portions ofF-ig. 9,-showing asomewhat diagrammatic arrangement of the roll webs and other elements.

v Fig. 11 is a perspective view along somewhat diagrammatic lines, ofanother way in whiph'my improved roll stationery may be use 4 Figs. 12,13, 14 and 15 are views of details of the apparatus shown in Figs. 9 and11.

' The stationery which 'I have disclosed herein is .produced by windingtogether upon a single roll as many webs of paper as may be required toobtain the desired number of copies of a record to be made. In theexample I have shown aroll of stationery made up of five webs. Each webis provided with the usual aligning sets of aligning apertures 13, thesets which are spaced apart as shown,

so as to demarcate or form between adjacent sets of apertures a sheetl4'which may be torn oil fromeach web for use as intended. Suit- .abledev ces, such as the aligning pins15 and 16 are used in the respectiveforms of typewriter construction shown, to secure alignment of the websand the forms which are printed thereon, as is usual. I

Detailed description of the apparatus and method of alignment will notbe given in as much as such apparatus and methods are well known and itis merely the stationery and its use which constitutes the. features ofnovelty herein. Such use involves, however, a novel method of servingthe webs, or strips, to the typewriter or duplicating machine, andattendant ui 'ng and supporting means for the multip e strips.

In the winding of any roll from webbedmaterial the outer convolution ofweb is naturallyof greater circumference than the intion, it is quiteevident .therefore that the convolution of the outer web will bematerially of greater length than the corresponding convolution of theweb which occupies the innermost position. For this reason it istherefore apparent that the intermediate webs will produce convolutionsof varying lengths. Each web, as has been shown at 13 is punched atuniform intervals and isform printed in uniformlyspaced posit-ionrelatively to the punched apertures. If these several webs are startedto be wound into roll form with their punched ends in register, thegradually accumulating convolutionsof web will result in the punchedends becoming more and more uniformly out of register or stepped off,see Fig. 12, as the diameter of the roll infeature which is utilized inthe using of my" improved stationery.

By now bringing the ends together with their apertures in registrationit will be found that by placing the outermost web of the roll upon thebottom of the superposed series of webs'the drape will assume somewhatthe appearance shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 8. I have shown a simple formof rack 17 which is placed in a convenient position as shown,

so that proper amount of drape is easily formed with the innermost woundweb forming the topmost web on the platen, as in Fig.- 1, theintermediate webs forming the corresponding interspersed webs on theplaten.

With the webs in this position it will be quite easy to accomplish theirunwinding from the roll when they are fed over the platen, because theweb having the least drape, which is the outermost web 18, will be theonly one upon which tension is brought to bear in orp as shown.

remaining webs, which previously were upon the roll quite tightly,having become separated so that they are now free to be moved or shiftedindependently during any alignin operation. This freedom of movement isrought about by virtue of the cushion of air which is formed betweenadjacent sheets because of the drape.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a swinging kicker bar 19 which operates to givethe web 18 a pull each time the typewriter is operated to present afresh sheet 14 in position to be aligned with the superposed sheets uponwhich the copies are to be produced. A roller 20 operating upon aninclined track 21 is provided to bring about the web unrolling operationeach time the typewriter is shifted to new sheet position. However theparticular mechanism illustrated by which this is accomplished is not,per se, a portion of the invention herein described and need not be formof position because of the fact that a pusher bar 17 is employed insteadof the swinging kicker bar 19 shown in the other figures. The operationis fully illustrated by dotted and full lines in Fig. 10. i

In Figs. 11, 12, 13and 14 a form of roll support is shown, which ismerely a trapeze as it were. The operation of loading the trapeze ismerely to place the trapeze 18 in mounted position with the, roll, asshown in Fig. 3, and then to lift the trapeze into swinging positionbeneath the typewriter as shown in Fig. 11. The webs are then mounted inthe typewriter by bringing the ends together and over the small guiderollers to produce the drape shown in Fig. 12 in dotted lines.

From the description given, it will be understood that after themultiple strips are wound upon the roll, the outer or final ends of thestrips bear a stepped relation, and that in serving the strips the formsat the outer end are brought into registration, the: strips aresupported by guiding and supporting means, and the registering forms arebrought into the grip of the feeding mechanism (linespacing mechanism,in the illustration given) The arrangement described provides for thedraping effect back of the supporting and guiding means which have beendescribed, and the unwinding of the strips is effected by the shortestouter strip of the group of strips passing from the roll to thesupporting and guiding means, which, in the illustration given, is theouter strip on the roll of station- I claim is:

cry. The forms, or tickets, are uniform in the sense that they are ofuniform length. The use of register perforations is also highlyimportant in the method of storing and feeding multiple strips describedherein; and it is quite essential that these register perforationsbe asnearly as possible uniformly spaced longitudinally of the strips.

Having thus described my invention what 1. The method of storing andserving multiple strips of stationery, said strips comprising tickets ofsubstantially uniform length,

which comprises winding a series of said strips on a roll with the outerends in stepped relation, the outer end of one of the outer stripsterminating first, and passing the outer end-portions of the stripsabout suitable guiding and supporting means and bringing the end ticketsinto registration and within the grip of the feeding means of aduplicating machine, the portions of the strips between the uiding andsupporting means and the roll increasing loops and the outer striphaving the shortest portion intervening between the guiding andsupporting means and the roll serving in the operation of unwinding thestrips.

2. The method specified in claim 1, in which the outer strip employedfor unwinding the strips from the roll is the outer strip of the seriesin the wound condition on the 7 outer strips of the series terminatingfirst:

and the outer ends of the other strips being in progressively steppedrelation; a support for the roll; a duplicating machine provided withfeeding mechanism within the grip of which the forms in registeredposition are:

held, said duplicating machine being proeing permitted to drape insuccessively vided with register-pins into engagement with which theregister-perforations of the strips may be brought; and guiding andsupporting means spaced from the'roll supportand engaging the stripsbetween the duplicating machine and the roll, the portions of the stripsbetween the guiding and supporting means and the roll being in drapedrelation and the outer strip having the shortest length interveningbetween the roll and the feeding mechanism of the duplicating machineserving as a means for effecting unwinding of the roll. 1

4. In combination: a multiple-wound roll stationary consisting of aplurality of webs wound-in superposed relation in a singleroll,

each of sa-idwebs having sets of printed forms 7 thereon spaced apartsubstantially uniformly, the webs being so wound that the forms registersubstantially atthe beginning of the roll and the webs terminate instepped relation at their outer ends; a support for the roll;duplicating mechanism; and web-supporting and guiding means associatedwith said mechanism and spaced from said rollsupport, said webs andduplicating mechanism being provided with co-acting aligning means, andsaid webs extending from the-roll over said supporting and guiding meansand into the grip of said dupll'cating mechanism, the portions of saidwebs between the roll and web-supporting and guiding means being drapedin successively increasing loops.

5. In combination: a multiple wound roll stationery comprising aplurality of webs wound in superposed relation into a roll, each of saidwebs having forms thereon at uniform distances, the first forms at theinner end of the roll being in substantial registration and the outerends of the webs bearing a stepped relation; a roll-support carryingsaid roll; duplicating mechanism equipped with aligning means co-actingwith aligning means at the outer ends of the webs, the forms at theouter ends of the ,webs being brought into registration; androll-supporting and guiding means associated with said duplicatingmechanism and spaced from the roll-support, the portion of the websbetween the roll-support and said web-sup- V porting and guiding meansbeing draped in successively enlarged loops and the shortest outer webservingas a means for effecting unwinding of the roll.

6. In combination: a multiple wound roll stationery com rising aplurality of webs having printed lank forms thereon at regular intervalsand each form having aligning perforations, said perforations beinguniformly spaced longitudinally of the webs, said webs being wound onthe roll so that the first forms of the, webs substantially coin- "cideat the beginning of the roll and the outer ends of the webs bear astepped relation; a roll-support carrying said roll; duplicatingmechanism; web-supporting and guiding means associated with saidduplicating mechanism and spaced from the web-supporting roll; andaligningmeans associated with the duplicating mechanism engaging thealign- 7 ing perforations of the forms at the outer ends of the webs,the portions of the webs between the roll-support and saidweb-supporting and guiding fneans being draped in successively enlargedloops, for the purpose set forth. v

7. In combination: duplicating mechanism and associated register-pins;web-guiding 60 and supporting means associated with said mechanism; aroll support spaced to permit draping of webs between it and saidwebguidingand supporting means; and a roll of stationery comprising amultiple wound series ofstrips having-forms of substantially uniformlength and register-perforations which are substantially uniformlyspaced register-perforations which are substantially uniformly spacedlongitudinally of the strips, which comprises providing the end-.

portions of the strips with loops of successively increasing sizes, andbringing the end forms into registration and within the grip of theduplicatin mechanism through which i the strips are to be fed. P

In testimony whereof Iohave hereunto affixed my signature.

ALPHONSE E. IMBUS.

